NOW COMES the State of New Hampshire, by and through the Office of the Rockingham County Attorney, and states as follows: 1. The defendant is charged with one count of Possession of a Controlled Drug with Intent to Sell [Principle/Accomplice] and one count of Possession of a Controlled Drug. 2. On June 2, 2016 the State received the defendant’s Motion to Suppress. 3.…
As for the opposing side, the author lays out the perspectives of a local attorney, Michael D. Barnes. Barnes credits himself as a working prosecuting attorney for over 20 years in disagreeing with the abolishment of peremptory challenges. According to the favoring side concerning the process of peremptory challenges: “just seat 12 randomly selected, qualified candidates whose minds are open to a serious evaluation of the facts”. In that aspect, Barnes questions the validity of who and how these potential jurors’ “qualifications” and “openness” are to be determined and to what extent. Subsequently, he asserts that his credentials allow him to obtain no difficulty in implementing impartial judgements accordingly.…
For the last 250 years, U.S. citizens have been given a controversial option of a jury or bench trial. Not everyone agrees with the bench trials. Although jury trials sound like a good idea, it is actually true that bench trials are better because it guarantees the right verdict almost all the time. Jury trials choose ordinary citizens off the street. For example, with the society today, people cannot stay off their phone, which makes them vulnerable to hearing or gathering false details about the trial.…
The legal system of America exists for resolving disputes, maintaining order, and protecting various liberties and rights from violations or unreasonable intrusions by persons, organizations, or government. In Jonathan Harr’s A Civil Action, the formal moments of the Woburn case show how, in many cases, the legal system fails to promote justice, truth seeking, and fairness. First and foremost, the adversarial nature of American law, specifically in civil cases, prevent the discovery of the truth. In the adversarial system, two sides clash head to head in front of a neutral fact finder and the idea is that the truth should tip the scale. The verdict in theory should be just and fair.…
As the owner of a commercial enterprise, there are several aspects of operating a business organization that one ought to be mindful of. With the traditional routines of running a business, the owner should even be knowledgeable of laws that pertain to the business as well as the effects they may have. The incident that occurred at Springfield Arms Apartments brings about queries on where the accountability lies, with the owner or the trespasser. The responsibility is weighted legally as damages incurred. However this matter is handled by the owner reflects the kind of business ethics Springfield Arms Apartments is overseen by.…
American criminal justice system enforces our laws and keeps watch over us but who is watching over the system? Oversight over the system may after all, be less than optimal going by various criminal cases tainted by prosecutorial misconduct resulting in wrongful convictions. From law enforcement, the elected officials, the court system, to corrections, prosecutorial misconduct gained notoriety because of the absolute immunity they enjoy. According to Silverglate, (2000), “We now live in a time of sharply decreasing faith in the criminal justice system.” This decreasing faith might not be unconnected to the egregiously bad behavior that dots the criminal justice landscape.…
Wrongly convicted individuals will become more common. Attorney client priveledge exists to protect innocent people from being wrongly convicted. In an aff world you would see the number of wrongly convicted individuals increase. (no evidence, just logic.) just because a person is innocent doesn’t mean they are protected from prosecution.…
In the history of the United States, from the time period of 1857 until 1896, the Supreme Court, a national branch of government designed to interpret the Constitution to decide what is and what isn't constitutional, denied civil rights to Blacks to a great extent. With this denial of civil liberties, life for Blacks became filled with injustice in society, unequal treatment, and poor living conditions. Throughout our history, Blacks have been treated unjustly, and from 1857-1896, the Supreme Court had the power to correct these errors; however, they instead contributed to them. A tremendous amount of cases of indicating civil injustice towards Blacks had been brought up before the Supreme Court. However, two significant cases that made a tremendous…
Negligence Requirements and Potential Defenses to Myra’s Claim Robyn Broadwater Kaplan University October 18, 2016 MEMORANDUM Date: October 18, 2016 To: Candie Cardigan, CEO, CARDWARE Inc. From: Robyn Broadwater Re: Negligence Requirements and Potential Defenses to Myra’s Claim ______________________________________________________________________________…
The ‘trial of the century’ changed many Americans’ views on race. While race is the most notable impact and influence associated with the Simpson trial, the highly popularized case brought more transformations than creating a major race controversy. The trials multi-faceted ideas and themes, including media coverage, criminology, views on justice, and domestic abuse, impacted American culture as well. The O.J. Simpson trial had a long-term impact that went further than racial tensions to ultimately change the media, change perception of the justice system, promote better job performance, and to raise awareness of domestic abuse.…
If you are pursuing a wrongful death lawsuit in the name of a loved one, you are going to need to prevent evidence to prove your case and back-up your claims. Your evidence is going to need to demonstrate three different elements in order for your case to have the highest chance of success. It is important to note that this is not all evidence that you need to provide; your attorney will have legal power to request evidence and will gather the necessary evidence to prove the three points below. #1 What Exactly Happened…
In this Supreme Court Abel Fields is found not guilty. In 2011, 39 year old Fields was convicted in California for falsely speaking of serving in the military for eight years and receiving a Purple Heart. He was in violation of the Stolen Valor act. The Stolen Valor act protects the veterans who receive a Purple Heart after being wounded in war. In his previous ruling he was found guilty.…
Writing Assignment 3 2.1 Standing to Sue Facts: An Idaho couple, Jack and Maggie Turton, purchased a house in Jefferson County directly across from a gravel pit. Years later the county converted the pit into a landfill that collected environmentally harmful trash including: major appliances, animal carcasses, containers with hazardous content, leaking car batteries, and waste oil. The couple complained to the county but the county refused to act.…
A frivolous lawsuit is a lawsuit that is filed by a party or attorney who is aware they are without merit, because of a lack of supporting legal argument or factual basis for the claims (Legal). Sometimes, this lawsuit is pointed at an entire organization because of an injury or problem caused by something they provide to consumers. Sometimes, they actually win. A number of economic resources that go into these lawsuits, being time and money, is outrageous (Post). There is a multitude of other possibilities that companies could use these resources to better the economy, and even more ways it could better our lives.…
If you go out and about within our country and you ask people if they knew very much about the United States court system, they will most likely tell you that they do not know very much about the court system unless they have been involved with the court system whether it be federal or state level. Most people do not realize that the court systems have three levels within them or that there is certain situation that will allow you to get to one level or the other. There is a whole lot of information that some people may not know. They may not know about judicial review and how it came about. Some people may not even know how justices decide the ruling of their cases.…